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Metro Manila vs. the Rest of the Country When Newsweek and Statista released the World’s Best Hospitals 2026, it was intended as a guide for patients navigating uncertain health crises.…
The War That Won’t Slow Down The war between the United States–Israel coalition and Iran is rapidly evolving into one of the most dangerous geopolitical crises in recent years. Even…
The unfolding war between the United States–Israel coalition and Iran is more than just another Middle Eastern conflict. It is a warning about how modern wars are fought—and how smaller…
The story of the People Power Revolution is often told as a triumph: millions of Filipinos filling Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, praying the rosary in front of tanks, and…
A Nation Connected by Wheels and Hope For more than a century, Philtranco was never just a bus company. It was a moving home, a rolling lifeline, and a bridge…
Public roads are not playgrounds for the powerful. They are lifelines—used daily by farmers hauling vegetables to market, workers rushing to earn a living, students crossing highways, tricycle drivers ferrying…
The ongoing Mindanao-wide consultations that seek to bring a resolution before the United Nations Committee on Decolonization signal a political moment that the Philippines must no longer dismiss as fringe…
Terror, Silence, and the Fragile Architecture of Peace The December 14, 2025 mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney—Australia’s deadliest terrorist attack in decades—has reverberated far beyond the shores of…
The Canadian government has issued a sweeping travel advisory against large parts of Mindanao, citing serious threats of crime, terrorism, and kidnapping—an action that threatens to further stigmatize the region…
DAVAO CITY — Local government leaders and senior officials from Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines reaffirmed their shared commitment to inclusive growth and deeper sub-regional cooperation during the…